DCF Advisers LLC Purchases 3,350 Shares of Amazon.com, Inc. $AMZN

DCF Advisers LLC grew its position in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) by 11.2% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 33,350 shares of the e-commerce giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,350 shares during the period. Amazon.com makes up approximately 3.0% of DCF Advisers LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 4th largest holding. DCF Advisers LLC’s holdings in Amazon.com were worth $6,345,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of AMZN. Castlekeep Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. LSV Asset Management purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the 4th quarter valued at about $35,000. Cooksen Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the 1st quarter valued at about $36,000. Inlight Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the 1st quarter valued at about $40,000. Finally, Capitol Family Office Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Amazon.com during the 1st quarter valued at about $42,000. 72.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Andrew R. Jassy sold 19,872 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $221.58, for a total transaction of $4,403,237.76. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,178,502 shares in the company, valued at $482,712,473.16. The trade was a 0.90% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, SVP David Zapolsky sold 13,570 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $222.76, for a total value of $3,022,853.20. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 44,110 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,825,943.60. This represents a 23.53% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 25,095,411 shares of company stock worth $5,675,473,849. Corporate insiders own 10.80% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently commented on AMZN. Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Friday, August 1st. Moffett Nathanson raised their target price on Amazon.com from $250.00 to $253.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 24th. Citigroup reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Amazon.com in a report on Wednesday, August 13th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Amazon.com from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 2nd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on Amazon.com from $255.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, August 1st. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Amazon.com presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $262.87.

Amazon.com Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ AMZN opened at $225.34 on Wednesday. Amazon.com, Inc. has a twelve month low of $161.38 and a twelve month high of $242.52. The company has a current ratio of 1.02, a quick ratio of 0.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15. The company has a market capitalization of $2.40 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.54 and a beta of 1.30. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $224.91 and a 200-day simple moving average of $207.92.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The e-commerce giant reported $1.68 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.31 by $0.37. Amazon.com had a return on equity of 23.84% and a net margin of 10.54%.The business had revenue of $167.70 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $161.80 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.26 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. Amazon.com has set its Q3 2025 guidance at EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Amazon.com, Inc. will post 6.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Amazon.com Profile

Amazon.com, Inc engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content.